A vision of Britain through time
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
WAYLAND, a district and a hundred in Norfolk. The district contains 25 parishes, and is divided into Watton and Attleborough sub-districts. . Acres, 51,063. Poor rates in 1863, £7,094. Pop. in 1851, 12,141; in 1861, 11,562. Houses, 2,553. Marriages in 1863, 85; births, 405,-of which 49 were illegitimate; deaths, 249, -of which 96 were at ages under 5 years, and 8 at ages above 85. Marriages in the ten years 1851-60, 808; births, 3,823; deaths, 2,374. The places of worship, in 1851, were 25 of the Church of England, with 6,242 sittings; 3 of Independents, with 250 s.; 2 of Baptists, with 880 s.; 1 of Quakers, with 50 s.; 6 of Wesleyans, with 872 s.; 11 of Primitive Methodists, with 1,193 s.; and 1 of Latter Day Saints, with 24 s. The schools were 17 public day-schools, with 1,103 scholars; 20 private day-schools, with 409 s.; and 30 Sunday schools, with 1,885 s. The workhouse is in Rockland-All Saints. -The hundred contains only 16 parishes. Acres, 33,149. Pop. in 1851, 7,962; in 1861, 7,783. Houses, 1,701.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a district and a hundred" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Wayland RegD/PLU Norfolk AncC |
| Place: | Wayland |
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